If Assange hadn't run he would have served some six years of a relatively comfortably prison sentence by now. Or he would be free. He instead picked a different cell, in a foreign country, to spend that time in.
Guessing eventually he will be back in America. And Trump will take ALL the credit for getting him there in an effort to boost his reelection chances.
It will most likely be a case of - lol - "i Donny dunna love you, anymore!"